He knows from potatoesDan Quayle has words of advice for the Tea Party: Don’t cause a conservative split. Quayle says a third party would be a bad idea. Until the Tea Party, Quayle the gold standard for spelling-challenged politics.

Earth to loons. Earth to loonsA right wing extremist group called Guardians Of The Free Republics sent letters to 30 state governors on Wednesday, demanding that they vacate office within three days or be removed. The FBI has been charged responding. I don’t think they’ll write a letter, but instead will deliver the message in person, reading from the book of Miranda.

The changing world of technologyGeeks are focused on the iPad, but two other notable tech developments show a rapid shift in the gadget landscape.

Less year ago, the Palm Pre (June) and the Motorola Droid (October) were the highly-anticipated phones on the consumer horizon.Today, you can get a Pre for $50. Last month, Verizon was selling two Droids for the price of one. Even this year’s biggest phone to date, the Google Nexus One (January) isn’t doing well, selling at 1/8th the rate of the Droid.

That means the new phone I want, the HTC EVO 4G, will be going for pennies if I wait a couple of months after the Summer release.

Roy Bragg

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This is why At Large works so well. I get to have fun writing it. Normal people can read it and enjoy it. Others, who could avoid it, can read it and get bent about it. mySA gets page views either way. Everyone’s happy. That’s a win-win-win-win situation.

Your so far off and since you don’t post everyone’s comments I never read your column, however when I saw the title: the nonsensical ravings of a lunatic mind, I thought the article was about obama! Too bad!